EP2321513B2 - Kolben für einen verbrennungsmotor - Google Patents

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EP2321513B2
EP2321513B2 EP09776111.8A EP09776111A EP2321513B2 EP 2321513 B2 EP2321513 B2 EP 2321513B2 EP 09776111 A EP09776111 A EP 09776111A EP 2321513 B2 EP2321513 B2 EP 2321513B2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F3/00—Pistons 
    • F02F3/16—Pistons  having cooling means
    • F02F3/20—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston
    • F02F3/22—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston the fluid being liquid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F3/00—Pistons 
    • F02F3/0015—Multi-part pistons
    • F02F3/003—Multi-part pistons the parts being connected by casting, brazing, welding or clamping

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  • the present invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine, having a piston lower part and a piston upper part, which are joined together by friction welding and form an outer circumferential cooling channel, wherein the piston upper part has an outer circumferential land land and a ring groove provided below the land ridge encircling ring whose inner wall delimits the peripheral outer cooling channel, wherein the upper piston part has an outer circumferential support element and the lower piston part has an outer circumferential support element, which form an outer circumferential friction weld below the annular part.
  • a friction welded piston is also used in the US 2003/0051694 A1 shown.
  • the JP 2003/025076 A discloses a generic piston whose supporting elements forming the outer friction weld are arranged radially inwards.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to further develop a generic piston so that the risk of tension is reduced and the stability of the piston is improved.
  • the solution consists in a piston with the features of claim 1. According to the invention it is provided that the width of the outer circumferential friction weld at most is just as large as the wall thickness between the respective groove bottom of the annular grooves and the inner wall of the ring section, and that in the peripheral outer cooling channel in the region of the outer peripheral friction weld a trough is formed, in which a weld bead is received.
  • the width of the inner friction weld is less than previously known in the art. Nevertheless, the piston according to the invention is very stable for the reasons described above.
  • the inner support element (27) of the upper piston part (12) and the inner support element (28) of the piston lower part (15) are formed such that along the inner circumferential friction weld (30, 130) in the outer circumferential cooling channel (19 ) and / or in the inner region (24) a trough (31) is formed, in which a Sch spawulst (32) is received.
  • the piston lower part 15 has a piston shaft 14 and provided with hub bores 17 pin bosses 16.
  • the piston upper part 12 has a piston bottom 13, which is provided in the exemplary embodiment with a combustion bowl 11.
  • an outer circumferential fire bar 18 connects.
  • a circumferential ring portion 20 is provided, which is provided in the embodiment with three circumferential annular grooves 21, 22, 23 for piston rings (not shown).
  • the piston lower part 15 and the piston upper part 12 also together form an outer circumferential cooling channel 19.
  • the inner friction weld 30 has a width b2, which in the embodiment according to the FIGS. 1 and 2A in the context of the usual manufacturing tolerances is smaller than the width b1 of the outer friction weld 29. But the width b2 can also be exactly as large as the width b1.
  • the outer and inner support elements 26, 28 and 25, 27 of the lower piston part 15 and the piston upper part 12 are configured in the embodiment in the region of the friction welds 30, 29 such that the outer circumferential cooling channel 19 and the inner region 24 aligned, in the exemplary embodiment rotating , Troughs 31 are formed.
  • the Sch undulste 32 are added, which may arise during the Reibsch dovorgangs.
  • the surfaces of the walls of the cooling channel 19 are comparatively smooth.
  • the volume of the cooling channel 19 for receiving cooling oil remains unaffected.
  • the cooling oil in the cooling channel 19 can flow substantially without interference. The cooling effect of the cooling oil thus remains substantially preserved in this advantageous embodiment of the piston according to the invention.

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EP09776111.8A 2008-09-02 2009-08-26 Kolben für einen verbrennungsmotor Not-in-force EP2321513B2 (de)

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DE102008045456A DE102008045456A1 (de) 2008-09-02 2008-09-02 Kolben für einen Verbrennungsmotor
PCT/DE2009/001189 WO2010025703A1 (de) 2008-09-02 2009-08-26 Kolben für einen verbrennungsmotor

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EP2321513A1 EP2321513A1 (de) 2011-05-18
EP2321513B1 EP2321513B1 (de) 2012-02-01
EP2321513B2 true EP2321513B2 (de) 2016-12-21

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EP (1) EP2321513B2 (ja)
JP (1) JP5631314B2 (ja)
CN (1) CN202165174U (ja)
AT (1) ATE543996T1 (ja)
BR (1) BRPI0918059A2 (ja)
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